Opinion Journal: Will the U.N. Indict Kim Jong Un?

Foundation for Defense of Democracies Journalist in Residence Claudia Rosett on a U.N. committee vote to condemn the rogue state for human-rights abuses. Photo credit: Associated Press.

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... a new land committee voted yesterday to condemn North Korea ... for its human rights abuses what's next ... could that international body actually move to Linda Aitken John and ... Foundation for Defense of democracies Claudia Rose that ... was broken a lot of stories on the United Nations over the years joins me now Claudia ... what was the significance of yesterday's vote ... today it was a very consenting studies tiny Morristown line on the atrocities of the Mercuria ... calendar it will be announced and it's been really largely symbolic this is not going to fix the problem okay now just go through the chronology here we have a report that the UN in February detailing these human rights abuses ... now I have this button and human rights committee where signaled next Claudia ... tortured for us as it gets radio and iTouch it now needs to go to the UN General Assembly ... it clear that ... it's a resolution that urges the Security Council ... to refer North Korea's leadership to the International criminal Court ... now it may not get through the Security Council ... because there are Russia and China which voted against this resolution in committee ... they can be made easier a despotic regimes themselves that have very close ties to North Korea ... the Security Council ... and ... North Korea is referred to the International criminal Court ... the problem that the International criminal Court ... it has its own problems I that's why the US is the giant but just to boil down one of them ... note that the president of Sudan Omar Bashir was indicted and the International criminal Court six years ago ... he has never been arrested he remains at large is still the president's again ideal credit our ambassador Samantha Power aren't asking the United Nations for are pushing forward ... with these kinds of boats ... up for supporting the February report which by the way guys is out there nobody can read it for free up on the lab ... she should marry the US is not a case that recently Brady U S has been ... vocal ... effectively is the leading from a tiny Ch I and other countries that have been pushing this Markets The European Union ... these are the European Union has enhanced its Japan ... U S has been chiding him ... we are the US is actually also been very gentle with North Korea relative to the cars that go on there ... remember ... we just at the head of U S intelligence ... to take that to Americans who were imprisoned for an insanely harsh long sentences in North Korea ... and I I president Obama ... has said we are thankful for their return in June it was thankful to question like T Rex and search and where is the resoundingly condemnation from this administration and just how bad North Korea is on all the spirits aisle ... it's a good question but the idea least I was going to see this matter yesterday ... the Foundation for Defense of democracies Claudia